WorksheetsDeuterostomia Phyla
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
All of the following are deuterostome phyla except
Echinodermata
Chordata
Hemichordata
Nematoda
What is a cartilaginous, skeletal rod, supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals?
notochord
vertebral column
nerve chord
exoskeleton
Animals that have a backbone (vertebral column) are known as:
Arthropods
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Mammals
Sand Dollars and Sea Urchins have all of the following except
Pores that form a flower pattern in their skeleton
a flattened endoskeleton
sharp spines they use to burrow in the sand
tentacles
What are the jaw-like pinchers used to clean the surface, defend against larger organisms or for grasping prey?
Pedicellariae
Mechanoreceptor cells
Ossicles
Eye spots
On average, echinoderms have a life span lasting
4 years
20 years
30 years
50 years
What is the unique masticatory apparatus inside the mouth of most echinoderms?
Pedicellaria
Aristotle's lantern
Teeth
Podia
What is the dorsal region of a starfish that does NOT contain the mouth?
Oral
Aboral
Tube feet
Madreporite
What do sea urchins use to defend against predators?
stinging tentacles
big teeth
sharp tentacles
they have nothing
What class does this organism belong to?
Asteroidea
Crinoidea
Echinoidia
Ophiuroida
What class does this organism belong to?
Asteroidea
Echinoidea
Crinoidea
Ophiuroidea
What does Echinodermata mean in Greek?
Hard shell
spiny skin
soft shell
smooth skin
The image depicts the development of what type of organism?
Protostome
Deuterostome
According to the cladogram, mammals evolved during what period?
Permian
Jurassic
Carbinoferous
Quaternary
Where are echinoderms found?
freshwater habitats
brackish water habitats
ocean habitats
all aquatic habitats
How do starfish move as adults?
move on the sea floor on "tube feet"
are free-swimming
are attached to the sea floor (sessile)
all of the choices
Which stomach do starfish evert into an organism and release digestive enzymes for out-of body digestion?
pyloric
tube feet
madreporite
cardiac
All of the following are true regarding reproduction in echinoderms except
dioecious
external fertilzation
internal fertilization
able to regenerate as long as small part of central disc remains intact
Starfish Lack excretion and osmoregulation organs and use nephridia to move nitrogenous waste out of their systems.
True
False
All of the following are true regarding the nervous system of echinoderms except
contain a nerve net
posess a nervous center in the form of a circumoral ring
have a brain
sensitive to changes in light and body orientation
Process of asexual reproduction in which the central disc divides roughly in two and forms a complete animal by regeneration
parthenogenesis
hermaphroditism
fissiparity
binary fission
Circulation and gas exchange in echinoderms is accomplished by all of the following EXCEPT:
true gills
coelom
water vascular system
hemal system
The calcareous endoskeleton made of plates or ossicles with protruding spines is known as
exoskeleton
skin
test
mantle
What group of animals is distinguished by two traits: a column of cartilaginous or bony structures that form along the dorsal sides of most species and a cranium?
chordate
verebrate
protostome
deuterostome
Vertebrates have a well developed coelom including a pericardial cavity to hold the heart and a pleuroperitoneal cavity to hold what organs?
lungs and abdominal muscles
muscles
integumentary organs
nerve cords and brain
